Ontario Is The Mob's 'Money-Laundering Capital' For The World

Vito Rizzuto, right, reputed head of the Montreal Mafia, speaks with his attorney Jean Salois after his hearing in Montreal on Feb. 6, 2004. A low-key mob war being waged in Quebec won’t rattle this province because Ontario is the economic engine fuelling the battle, sources say. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz)

A low-key mob war being waged in Quebec won’t rattle this province because Ontario is the economic engine fuelling the battle, sources say.

Ontario is the source of most of the wealth for organized crime while the violence for the most part remains in Quebec.